The carnage on Jamaica's roadways is causing drivers under 30 years old to dig deeper into their pockets to pay, on average, as much as 80 per cent more for motor-vehicle insurance than their counterparts over that age.

1. It is small wonder that there are not more fatalities on our roads because poor lighting and the absence of markings have made some roads difficult to traverse at nights. Speaking of road usage, when are the police going to start arresting bicycle riders who persist in riding without lights?

Spain said it has asked the United States to use its talks on taking Cuba off the blacklist of nations sponsoring terrorism to help obtain the extradition of two members of the armed Basque group ETA from the communist country.